ADRENAL FUNCTION URINE TEST

Monitor your health through your adrenals

Adrenal Stress and Diseases

Adrenal disorders can cause your adrenal glands to make too much or not enough hormones. With Cushing's syndrome, there's too much cortisol,
while with Addison's disease, there is too little. Some people are born unable to make enough cortisol. Tumors can also cause disorders in
your adrenal glands. Bleeding and infection can cause an adrenal gland problem that can be fatal without quick treatment.

Adrenal Fatigue
When the adrenal glands are not functionining optimally, you can have a condition that is known as adrenal fatigue, or adrenal exhaustion.
Adrenal fatigue often develops after periods of intense or lengthy physical or emotional stress, when overstimulation if the glands leave them
unable to meet your body's needs.

Some other names for the syndrome include non-Addison's hypoadrenia, sub-clinical hypoadrenia, hypoadrenalism, and neurasthenia

a feeling of not being restored after a full night's sleep or having sleep disturbances

low stamina, slow to recover from exercise

slow to recover from injury, illness or stress

difficulty concentrating, brain fog

poor digestion

low immune function

food or environmental allergies

premenstrual syndrome or difficulties that develop during menopause

consistent low blood pressure

extreme sensitivity to cold

Cushing's Syndrome
Also called: Hypercortisolism
Cushings syndrome is caused by long-term exposure to too much cortisol, a hormone that your adrenal gland makes. Sometimes, taking synthetic
hormone medicine to treat an inflammatory disease leads to Cushing's. Some kinds of tumors secrete a hormone that can cause your body to make
too much cortisol.

Cushing's syndrome is rare. Some symptoms are:

Upper body obesity

Thin arms and legs

Severe fatigue and muscle weakness

High blood pressure

High blood sugar

Easy bruising

Most of the time, Cushing's syndrome can be cured.

Addison's Disease
Also called: Adrenal insufficiency, Adrenocortical hypofunction, Hypocortisolism
Your adrenal glands are just above your kidneys. The outside layer of these glands makes hormones that help your body respond to stress and
regulate your blood pressure and water and salt balance. Addison's disease occurs if the adrenal glands don't make enough of these hormones.

A problem with your immune system usually causes Addison's disease. The immune system mistakenly attacks your own tissues, damaging your
adrenal glands.

Symptoms include:

Weight loss

Muscle weakness

Fatigue that gets worse over time

Low blood pressure

Patchy or dark skin

Lab tests can confirm that you have Addison's disease. If you don't treat it, it can be fatal. You will need to take hormone pills for the
rest of your life. If you have Addison's disease, you should carry an emergency ID. It should say that you have the disease, list your
medicines and say how much you need in an emergency.

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The Adrenal Function Urine Test was produced in collaboration with and the results were validated by Kemetco Research Inc. based
in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada - 2010

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